The Principle of Moments

The Principle of Moments
Studio album by Robert Plant
Released	15 July 1983 (1983-07-15)[1]
Recorded	1983
Studio	Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Wales)
Genre	Power pop synth-pop
Length	38:50
Label	Atlantic Atlantic
Producer	Robert Plant Benji Lefevre Pat Moran
Robert Plant chronology
Pictures at Eleven (1982) The Principle of Moments (1983) Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985)
Singles from The Principle of Moments
"Big Log" Released: July 1983 "In the Mood" Released: November 1983 "Other Arms" Released: May 1984 (Japan)

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AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The Principle of Moments is the second solo studio album by the English singer Robert Plant, formerly of Led Zeppelin. It was Plant's second Top 10 album in the US and UK. It also gave him his first solo Top 40 hit with "Big Log". The most popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the US was "Other Arms", which reached number-one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. Genesis' drummer Phil Collins played drums on five of the album's eight songs (as he did on Pictures at Eleven). On two tracks former Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow performed and on the closing track, "Big Log", Gerald Woodroffe programmed a Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Like Plant's debut solo studio album, Pictures at Eleven (1982), the songs departed from the hard rock sound of Led Zeppelin. Following the strength of these albums, Plant launched a successful tour in 1983. Phil Collins was the drummer for Plant's band for the North American portion of the tour. Collins was content to perform in the background, despite his own enormous success as a solo artist and with Genesis at the time. Little Feat's Richie Hayward played drums for the remaining dates.

Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with bonus tracks, on 3 April 2007.